paladin at large: Black plays 23. ....Qa3 with mayhem in his eye for white's queenside. Smyslov calmly proceeds to do a lot of damage before Black can play 30......Qxa2. Elegant play by the seventeen year old.

After 17...Kf8, Smyslov in "My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957" writes: <In this way Black manages an artificial castling, which in this position, however, amounts to a serious loss of time. True, after 17...0-0 White could prepare a pawn storm h3 ang g4, so retaining the initiative.>

zydeco: Smyslov points out that 34.Qa7 is a mistake. Black gets his pawn back with 34.....Rxb3 35.Qxa5 Qxd4. Smyslov planned 35.e6 but missed that the rook and queen are now connected and black can play 34.....Rb7. Lillenthal also missed the trick. White should have played 34.Qd8.

A.T PhoneHome: Smyslov-Botvinnik matches are a real treat. I'm glad he got a few shots at Botvinnik!

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